Door-fender.



W. H. TERRBLL. DOOR FENDER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, 190B.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

WILLIAM H.'TERRELL, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

DOOR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed December 4, 1908. Serial No. 465,964.

T a ll whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM H. TERRELL,

I a citizen of the United States, and resident I the door 4 for holdin IThe deep end of the lilock 1, in the present of Yonkers, in the countyof Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulDoor-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates todoor fenders and more particularly to a fenderwhich is adapted to be secured to a swinging door to protect the dooritself from bruising or chafing contact with another swinging door orwith the wall. A practical embodiment of my invention 1s represented ,inthe accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a view of the fenderas it 'ap pears when attached to the upper free swinging corner of adoor, Fig. 2-is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged topplan view of the fender in detail,'Fig. 4 is an end view of the same,Fig. 5 is a face new of the same, Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a fendershowing a modified form, Fig. 7 is ah endview of the same, Fig. 8 is'aface view of the same, Fig. 9 is a-.plan view in detail of a modifiedform of adjustable shank and fender roller, Fig. 10 is an edge iew ofthe same, Fig. 11 is a'top plan viewof an other modified form showingthe body of the fender in skeleton form, Fig. 12 is an end view of thesame, Fig. 13 is a top plan View of a modified form in which the body isskeleton and the roller carrying shankis secured to the front instead ofthe end of the body, and Fig. 14 is a face view of the same.

Referring to the formsshown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the body of thefender is denoted by 1 and may consist of a block of wood having itsouter face. formed on a graceful compound curve, as shown at 2,gradually reducing the depth of the block so that a screw 3 may bepassed through it into the block in position.

instance the end toward the free swinging edge of the door 4, isprovided with a kerf or slot 5 (see Fig. extending back toward the screw3, for instance to the dotted line 6, Fig.3, for the reception of theshank 7'of the fender roller support. This shank 7 may be held inposition within the kerf 5 by frictional contact, the pressure of theoppo-' site walls of the kerf or slot 5 being increased at pleasure bymeans of a clamping screw 8 extending through one of the walls of theblock 1 and screwed into the opposite wall. The fender roller holder maybe formed conveniently of a thin strip of metal, the two parts of whichare folded upon themselves to form the shank 7 and at their outer endsbranch outwardly-to form the branches 9 and 10 between which the fenderroller 11 is journaled by means of a spindle 12 passing centrallythrough the roller 11 and fastened in the branches 9 and 10. As thusconstructed, when the door t is swung open the roller 11, which maybe ofrubber, felt or other suitable yielding material, will on geany-obstruction to the swinging of the cor before the door itselfstrikes such obstruction and thus will fend it from any bruisingpleasure by adjusting the shank 7 outwardly or inwardly within the kerf,5 and pinching it inits adjusted position by means of the screw 8.

; Instead ofinserting the shank 7 in'akerf formed inthe supporting biock1, the jsup: porting block may bemade solid as shown 11313, Figs. 6, 7and 8, and the roller holder may be formed of a single strip of metalsplit at its outer endand the branches twisted, as .shown at 14, 15,Figs. 6, 7 and 8, to

receive between them the fender roller 11, the shank 16 of the rollerholder being provided with an elongated slot 17 adapted to rest againstthe. end of the block 13 and held in its proper adjusted position bymeans of a set screw 18. 1

Instead of splitting the end of the roller holder to form branchesl iand 15, the strip of metal which forms the shank may be formed, as shownin Figs. 9 and 10, and

denoted by 19, its outer end being rolled over to form a socket 20.throu h whicha spindle 21 may be passed, the spindlecarrythe block 13,as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8.

Instead of making the block which supports the roller holder solid, itmay be made in skeleton form, as shown in Figs. 11 to 14:, inclusive,and in this instance may be formed of a thin piece of metal bent intotriangular form and the holder for the fender roller holder may beprovided with an elongatedslot 17 like those indicated inFigs. 6 to 10inclusive, through which 'a screw 31 maybe passed to receive a lockingnut 32 onthe inner face of either the end wall of the skeletontriangular body support 33.0r on the front or oblique faceof the saidsupport, as shown in F1gs..13 and. 14;, as the case maybe.

- The particular arrangement shown in 'Figs. 13 and 14 is a veryconvenient one where the fender is employed to prevent the door fromengaging the base board or wall against which it may be swung, since thefender'roller support may be made of spring metal' and located as it ison the skeleton block 33, the impact of the roller against stantially atrig the wall will cause the roller support to yield by a. springing orelastic motion so that the fender 'roller willnot suffer from the impactto the extent that it might, if

so placed on;the end of the body support as to strike-the wall and in adirection corresponding to the lane of its support or subl it angles. I

While I haveshown several. forms in which my invention may be embodied,it is obvious-that further changes might be resorted to in the form andarrangement of the parts without. departing from the spirit and scopeof'my invention; hencev I do npt wish tolimit myself strictly to thestructur herein shown and described, but

What I-claim is w 1. A' fender com rising a body portion adapted to besecured to the face of the door, a tender roller, a fender rollersupport and means for attaching-thefender roller support to the bodyportion in different adjus'tments toward and away from the face of thedoor. A

2. A fender comprising a body portion adapted to be secured to the faceof a door, a fender roller, a'fender roller support, One of the parts,the body portion and, fender roller s'upport,being provided with a slotand a screw .coacting with the slot to hold the fender roller support indifferent adjustments toward and away from the face of the door.

' '3. A fender comprising a body portion adapted to be secured, to theface of a door, the said body portion .being provi dednwith a kerfor'slot in its end, a tender roller, a support for the fender rollerprovided with a thin shank adapted to enter the kerf or slot in the-bodyportion and a screw forn -L" holding the walls of the kerf orslot ingripl 7 0, to secure it in different adjustments toward 1 ping contactwith the fender roller holder and away from the face of the door.

In testimony, that I claim. the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two witnesses, "this-twenty-fifth day of-November1908.

WILLIAM H. TERRELL. Witnesses;

F. GEORGE BARRY, c HENRY THIEME.

